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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of current, notable video hosting services. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
Basic general information about the hosts: creator/company, license/price etc.
Service | Owner | Launched | Content license | Ads | # videos (millions) | Views per day (millions) | Main server location | Prohibits pornography | Multilingual | Ad revenue sharing | Video download- able |
Registration needed to upload |
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Aparat | Saba Idea | 2011 | own TOS | Yes | >153 [1] | >6 [2] | Iran | Yes | Yes [3] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BitChute | Bit Chute Limited [4] | 2017 | own TOS | No | Unknown | ~0.8 [5] | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes [6] | some videos downloadable | No |
Dailymotion | Vivendi | March 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >36.9 [7] | ~60 | France | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [8] | Yes |
EngageMedia | EngageMedia | March 2005 | Creative Commons | No | >0.008 | Unknown | Germany | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
Flickr | SmugMug | 2004 | own TOS | Yes | >1.2 [9] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Globo Video | Grupo Globo | 2002 | Unknown | Yes | >7.76 [10] | Unknown | Brazil | Yes | No | Unknown | No | Yes |
Godtube | Salem Media Group | 2006 | Unknown | No | >0.114 [11] | Unknown | United States | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Internet Archive | Internet Archive | 1996 | own TOS | No | >10.2 [12] | Unknown | United States | Unknown | Unknown | — | Yes | Yes |
MetaCDN |
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2012 | TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | Australia | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
Niconico | Kadokawa Dwango | December 12, 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >16.5 [13] | Unknown | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Odysee | LBRY | 2015 | own TOS | Yes | >10 [14] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PeerTube | Framasoft | 2018 | 7 licenses to choose from [15] | Optional [16] | >0.515 [17] | >87 [17] | France | Optional [18] | Yes | Yes [19] | Yes | Yes |
QQ Video | Tencent | own TOS | Yes | >0.864 [20] | Unknown | China | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
Rumble | Rumble Inc. | 2013 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Canada | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Rutube | Gazprom-Media | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >5.82 [21] | >1.1 | Russian Federation | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tudou | Alibaba Group | April 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >0.035 [22] | 55 [23] | China | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only | |
Vimeo | Vimeo Holdings | November 2004 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | No | >12.3 [24] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes [25] | Unknown | some videos downloadable [26] | Yes |
Youku | Alibaba Group | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >0.665 [27] | >150 [28] | China | Yes | Yes [29] | Unknown | With official tool only | |
YouTube | Alphabet | February 15, 2005 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | Yes (No for YouTube Premium users) [30] | >4,100 [31] | 7,000 [32] | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | Officially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free. [33] | Yes |
All services support the following input file formats:
Unless otherwise indicated, they also support the following input file formats:
Service | MOD | Real | ASF | QT | WebM | Audio | Notes |
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Aparat | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | |
Newgrounds | Yes | Audio Portal | FLV, SWF, ZIP, M4V | ||||
BitChute [34] | Yes | [34] | |||||
Dailymotion | Yes | ? | |||||
EngageMedia | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Flickr [35] | Yes | Yes | No .MKV support | ||||
Godtube | |||||||
Internet Archive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any |
MetaCDN | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Niconico | [36] | ||||||
PeerTube [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [38] | ||
Rumble [39] | Yes | No .MKV support | |||||
RuTube | FLV | ||||||
Tudou [37] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | FLV | |
Veoh | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Vimeo [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [40] | ||
Youku [37] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | FLV | ||
YouTube [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [41] | |
Service | MOD | Real | ASF | QT | WebM | Audio | Notes |
Service | Streaming Video Format | Max size (GB) | Max time (min) | Resolution (max) | Video bitrate (kbit/s) | Audio bitrate (kbit/s) | 3D capable |
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BitChute | H.264 | 2 | ? | 480p Wide SD | < 500 | 96 | No |
Dailymotion | Ogg Theora/ Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec | 2 [42] | 720 [43] | 4K UHD | ? | 96~192 | No |
Facebook Watch | ? | 4 | 120 [44] | 4K UHD | ? | ? | Yes |
Flickr | ? | 1 [45] | 3 [45] | 1080p HD | ? | ? | No |
Godtube | H.264 | 0.5 [46] | — | 480p Wide SD | variable | 128 | No |
Internet Archive | Ogg Theora/ Vorbis | — | — | — | — | — | ? |
Newgrounds | N/A | 6.3 | ? | ? | variable | 320 | No |
Niconico | H.264, On2 VP6 | 3 [47] | 360 [47] | 4K UHD | unlimited [48] | 64~192 | ? |
PeerTube | H.264 | 8 | — | 4K UHD | variable | 384 | No |
Rumble | H.264 / AAC LC | 15 | 720 | 4K UHD | variable, Live max:8000, [49] VOD max:9000 [50] [51] | 128~224 | No |
RuTube | H.264 | 10 | 300 | 4K UHD | ? | ? | No |
StreamShark | H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP | ? | ? | 4K UHD | 4096 | 192 | Yes |
Vimeo [52] | H.264, [53] AV1 [54] | 250 [55] | 24 | 4K UHD | variable | 320 | Yes |
Youku | On2 VP6 | 1 [56] | unlimited | ? | ? | ? | ? |
YouTube | H.264, VP9, AV1 | 256 [57] | 15 (default), 720 (verified) [57] | 8K UHD | variable | 64~192 | Yes |
Service | Streaming Video Format | Max size (GB) | Max time (min) | Resolution | Video bitrate (kbit/s) | Audio bitrate (kbit/s) | 3D capable |
Name | Language | Similarweb traffic rank |
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AcFun | Mandarin | 4,675 |
Aparat | Persian | 123 |
Bigo | English | 16,743 |
Bilibili | Mandarin | 30 |
BitChute | English | 4,104 |
Dailymotion | Multilingual | 357 |
DLive | Multilingual | 27,887 |
Huya Live | Mandarin | 1,625 |
Godtube | English | 77,477 |
iQIYI | Mandarin | 1,074 |
Niconico | Japanese | 165 |
Odysee | Multilingual | 3,355 |
Rumble | English | 238 |
Rutube | Russian | 542 |
SchoolTube | English | 107,835 |
Tudou | Mandarin | 54,394 |
Twitch* | Multilingual | 49 |
VBOX7 | Bulgarian | 19,783 |
Veoh | Multilingual | 48,423 |
Vimeo | Multilingual | 645 |
Youku | Mandarin | 1,433 |
YouNow | Multilingual | 54,020 |
YouTube | Multilingual | 2 |
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Seven licences to choose from during publication of each video: "1. Attribution, 2. Attribution - Share Alike, 3. Attribution - No Derivatives, 4. Attribution - Non Commercial, 5. Attribution - Non Commercial - Share Alike, 6. Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives, 7. Public Domain Dedication;"
we refuse to tie our code to a particular content funding method, that might not fit all communities and deter others. It's the reason why we encourage developers to use the PeerTube plugin API to create their own monetization system.
As of April 3rd, 2024, more than "87 M Views" per day, and more than "515 K Videos"
Various pornography prohibition options to choose from, including but not limited to: "Auto block" result in "every new uploaded videos will be hidden by default until a moderator manually approves them"; "Manual block" allows "Admins/moderators can block any videos"; Allow or not "private/unlisted videos".
we refuse to tie our code to a particular content funding method, that might not fit all communities and deter others. It's the reason why we encourage developers to use the PeerTube plugin API to create their own monetization system.